The coronavirus subvariant JN.1 continues to retain its status as the most dominant strain in the United States this year.
According to CDC estimates, nearly 61 percent of COVID-19 cases are infections with the JN.1 strain. Over the course of one month, JN.1 went from being the third most prevalent strain in the U.S., after EG.5 and HV.1., to No. 1. Experts have previously said that JN.1 is largely contributing to this year’s surge of winter illnesses as COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise in some parts of the country.
